Hundreds of parents, students, school staff and police packed the Kaiser Permanente Arena Wednesday night in Santa Cruz, to discuss a shooting threat that closed Santa Cruz High School Wednesday.

Hundreds of parents, students, school staff and police packed the Kaiser Permanente Arena Wednesday night in Santa Cruz, to discuss a shooting threat that closed Santa Cruz High School Wednesday.

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Updated: 11:32 PM PST Nov 19, 2014

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WEBVTT JUST PICTURE FALLING OFF THEWALL.THANK YOU.OUR OTHER BIG STORY, FEARGRIPPING STUDENTS, AND PARENTS,ALL AFTER A DETAILED EMAILTHREATENING, A MASS SHOOTING,THAT PROMPTED THEM TO CLOSE THECAMPUS AND, CANCELLING ALLCLASSES AND ACTIVITIES AND NOSPECIFIC NAMES, AND THE PERSONWHO SENT IT, WAS CLEAR THAT THESHOOTING WAS INTENDED TO INFLICTTHE GREATEST HARM, TO ALLSTUDENTS AND STAFF.THE POLICE AND, F.B.I. AREWORKING TO FIND THE SOURCE, ANDPARENTS WORRY ABOUT THE SAFETYOF THEIR KIDS, AND TONIGHT THEYMET WITH THE PARENTS."ACTION NEWS" REPORTER,LAUREN SEAVER WAS THERE AND,SHE'S LIVE.SCHOOL WILL RESUME AS NORMALTOMORROW, BUT TONIGHT, PARENTSAND, STUDENTS, MET RIGHT HERE TOGET MORE INFORMATION FROM THESCHOOL AND THE POLICE.EVERYTHING HAPPENING ATOTHER SCHOOLS, I NEVER THOUGHTIT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.SHE WAS NOT ALONE, HUNDREDSOF PAR AREN'TS, AND SCHOOLSTAFF, AND POLICE, PACKED THEARENA TO DISCUSS THE THREAT.WE'RE JUST CONCERNED, IT'SUNKNOWING WHEN YOU SEE THIS.AN EMAIL WAS SEPARATE TO THEPRINCIPAL, TUESDAY NIGHT, JUSTBEFORE 8:30, THREATENING, A MASSCASUALTY SHOOTING.TIME LOCATION, AND EVEN WEAPONSTO BE USED HAD.SOME MEMBERS, SAY, A MEETING ISCRUCIAL.SAFETY, IS OUR TOP PRIORITY,IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WECOMMUNICATE WITH OUR FAMILIESAND, OUR COMMUNITY, ABOUT WHATHAPPENED.WE FEEL LIKE, TOMORROW, STUDENTSARE SAFE RETURNING TO THE HIGHSCHOOL.BUT, SOME PARENTS DISAGREE,KNOWING THERE HASN'T BEEN ANARREST.I'M WORRIED ABOUT HISSAFETY, AND I'M REALLY AFRAIDTHAT, HE MAY GET HURT.TOMORROW WHEN HE GOES BACK TOSCHOOL.I'M GLAD THAT IT WASDIVERTED, BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN,MISSING FORWARD, HOW DO YOU DEALWITH THAT?HOW DO WE KNOW?THE POLICE CHIEF.IFY REALLY THOUGHT THAT THISWAS AS TRUE THREAT OR ANY RISK,TO ANYBODY, TOMORROW, WE WOULDHAVE HAD A DIFFERENT DECISION,WE WOULD HAVE HAD A DIFFERENTDISCUSSION.SHE SAYS SHE'S PUTTING HERFAITH IN THE AADULTS,.I KNOW THEY WOULDN'T ASK US,TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, IF THEYDIDN'T HAVE CONFIDENCE.SO I'M DID, IN THEIRDECISION.SO I INTEND TO GO TO SCHOOLTOMORROW.THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILLHAVE COUNSELLORS, ON HAND.AND THEY HANDED OUT THIS PAPER.HOPING TO MAKE THIS 9 EASIESTTRANSITION.THANK YOU.SANTA CRUZ POLICE OFFICERS WILL

Santa Cruz High School to reopen after threat of mass shooting

Hundreds of parents, students, school staff and police packed the Kaiser Permanente Arena Wednesday night in Santa Cruz, to discuss a shooting threat that closed Santa Cruz High School Wednesday.